I understand the Islamic day begins at sunset/maghrib (e.g. https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/24725/if-the-date-changes-with-sunset-why-is-asr-called-the-middle-prayer) . However, it is less clear whether the daily 24 hour clock also begins (i.e. 00:00 (0 hours and 0 minutes)) at this time, as practised by countries or major international organisations which adopt the Islamic calendar. I would be grateful if members here could inform as to the whether it does? And if not (e.g. it starts at the (Gregorian calendar) midnight), why this is the case? That is, the justifications (especially theological/fiqh (vs practical/logistical) for the discrepancy between the accepted theological basis of the start of the day, and the actual practice?. Thank you.

I am in extreme danger. All hope is turning to dust for me. I dont know what to do? How can I get help from Allah in this situation?

So this new Muslim whom I met online and I plan to marry but we don’t know if it would happen due to fear of my parents not accepting due to culture . We are both young (20 and 18) And would like to know if this is halal Thing to do? Is it halal to joke about (not about Islam but like teasing each other ) but also be serious and teach about Islam but plan to marry even though it’s not official or anything? Like is it Halal ?

So basically when I read Qur'an I did not do istijna and did wudhu. Is it a sin. I knew I did not to it but thought istijna is not needed for wuhdu but needed for prayer

Assalamulekum wa rahmatullah wa barkatahu I m from india.if I have two daughters and they grown up and get married and start living with their husband after that I will be living alone right? I want to live in joint family because I love children and teens a lot. Can daughter allowed to lived with their parents after married? If not, I promise that I will hate to have daughter.

A sex position called "Snake position" is famous. It refers to, the woman will lay straight on bed on her stomach and the man will approach her from behind. But my question is, in a Hadith there is a restriction on laying on stomach. So is this position Halal for my wife?

A chimera is essentially a single organism that's made up of cells from two or more "individuals"—that is, it contains two sets of DNA, with the code to make two separate organisms. *One way that chimeras can happen naturally in humans is that a fetus can absorb its twin.* I stumbled across a 2015 case where a child's DNA turned to be his uncles and not his father. But what was more shocking was that the father didn't have a brother! What science learned from this changed our entire perspective. The father was a chimera who absorbed his fraternal twin, who also happened to be a male. Inside, the father’s sperm was 90% himself and 10% his twin brother. His son only inherited the absorbed brother’s sperm, though. From this, a man who was never born managed to have a child of his own. From an Islamic perspective, I'd like to inquire who can we consider the father to be? **Link:** https://time.com/4091210/chimera-twins/ **P.S** I understand that such genetic details might not have been available 1400+ years ago. But do the ulema of today have any ijtehad on such matters from Hadiths?

> It was narrated from Aishah that: the Messenger of Allah said: > “Marriage is part of my sunnah, and whoever does not follow my sunnah > has nothing to do with me. Get married, for I will boast of your great > numbers before the nations. Whoever has the means, let him get > married, and whoever does not, then he should fast for it will > diminish his desire.” Ibn Majah 1846 what is the context of this hadith? anyone who doesn't marries has nothing to do with prophet?

Assalamualikum my question is that my carpet became impure of a specific impurity but after the impurity dried i don't remember which spot on the carpet is impure what do i have to do now?

What Islam says about feeding animals such as birds?

**What is the proper way to respond if someone thanks us by saying 'Jazakallah Khair'?** Do I say > wa ʾiyyākum (وَإِيَّاكُمْ‎) or do I say > "wa ʾantum fa-jazākumu-llāhu khayran" (وَأَنْتُمْ فَجَزَاكُمُ ٱللَّٰهُ > خَيْرًا‎) ***Or is there a third more preferred way (as per Sahih Hadiths)?***

Is it a good deed to feed stray cats and will it add to my good deeds in the day of judgement or is it something normal

> Whoever reads Surah Al-Kahf on Friday ALLAH will bless his house and > protect him/her from poverty. is this statement true or found in hadith? please tell me. cause i haven't found any hadith.

I heard that killing male prisoners of war is allowed. How is that justified? Keep in mind that being a prisoner of war doesn’t necessarily means that you were involved in a battle. He can even be the family member of the person that fought in war against the Muslims.

As a graphics or web designer,we have to work with picture/video for buyer/site,we know animal picture and others are not halal so at web design most of the buyer will want women picture or videos to add.and for this the payment which will given to me haram or halal?

In advance, I'm new to this and I'm coming here out of desperation so sorry if I break any rules or whatever. I'm sitting here crying because my heart just doesn't feel full anymore. I committed some sins a while ago and even after repenting my heart just feels dead. I listen to the Qur'an and I don't shiver anymore. I can't focus in prayer and I don't cry anymore and end up having to make Sujood of forgetfulness almost every time. I feel awful and I just don't know anymore. I'm scared because I don't want my heart to be hard. I want it to be soft like it was before but I just don't feel the same. I know Allah has not abandoned me but I'm asking if this is a test or if this is a punishment for the sins which I have committed. I just feel like my heart has just started to drift from the light. I feel nothing in prayer and that makes me feel awful. so, is this a test? or is this a punishment? edit: Thanks to the people who responded! today I noticed that I started to feel a bit better and had more concentration in my prayer. I was just in fear because I knew I was the only one to blame for my hearts state and was afraid that it was a punishment. Will be sure to stay steadfast and do my best

Why is there facilitation for a child born in a Muslim Family as compared to a child born in a Non-Muslim Family? Why is struggle for a Muslim person born in a Muslim Family made easier as compared to a Non-Muslim person born in a Non-Muslim Family? I understand that everyone should seek the truth and that everyone is born in the state of fitra (nature) ie he's born a Muslim and later on, his family influences him to shape his religious and ideological beliefs. However, if a person is born in a Muslim family, he is at an advantage compared to an individual who is born in a non-Muslim family since the person born in Muslim family already knows that God is one and about the finality of Prophethood. So even if he doesn't do research or seek truth, he'll die as a Muslim (even if he doesn't obey God's commands) and therefore, he'll ultimately go to heaven after some time in hell. Whereas the person born in a non-Muslim family, even if he commits good deeds, will not enter heaven if he's a polytheist or an athiest. So why are some people at such a massive advantage when it comes to be born in a certain Muslim family? And how did God decide that which individuals deserve to be born in a Muslim family and the others don't? Did all the people before getting born underwent any test? And if there wasn't then isn't God unjust in doing so by creating unfavourable circumstances for one group of people? I've heard replies from scholars like Zakir Naik and others on this topic but those seemed unconvincing so I thought this is right forum. Edit: Why is this being down voted? Is asking questions not a part of Islam? P.S. I'm a Muslim myself

Assalamualaikum. Salamuaikum I do not know if you are responsible for this but I am desperate .. I’m a sister and Religious Alhamdulillah. I have a concern that has not let go of me for years. In my childhood (or maybe this already counts as youth) - I was 12 or 13 or 14 years old (don’t remember so good) - I was in bed with my brother, who was 2 or 3 years old at the time. out of curiosity, I touched his genitals with my genitals. even though i remember- that it was wrong but i did it .. then I let go of it and never did it again. 15 years have now passed.. but i read something in the internet about death penaltry = sharia law. I have regretted it, but I am deeply ashamed. I read on an English fatwa site on the Internet that looked very serious that there is only death for something like that in Islam and that you shouldn't pretend to be a believer in this world because you did something wrong and nothing helps you except that Punishment death penaltry in the world, so you should kill the person who did this. But I was very young .. I don't know if this can be excused- I regret it so much .. with all my heart and I disgust myself for doing something like that ... As I said, I don't know why I did that. Also to my brother ... I don't know if he knows anything about it, because he was quite small but I'm ashamed and .I don't know what to do because the news from the UK made me panic ... please help me. Because I'm really desperate, can I really not go on living? Does Allah really say there is such a punishment? Thanks for reading this. Wassalam.

Salam, I have really bad arachnophobia which is fear of spiders so they way I remove them unfortunately is by killing them. Now I’m very conflicted as to whether this is allowed in Islam mainly because of how they played a role in keeping Prophet Muhammed safe and as a kid I was taught to not kill them. Yet I read on another website that it is allowed. I just wanted to get a proper answer to help ease my thoughts. Jazakallah Khair

I was doing Dhikr and I was saying Allahu Akbar and I put more emphasis on the L’s in in Allahu and not the A. I didn’t think anything of it until I saw someone ask a question about mispronunciation in Dhikr and if mispronunciation in Dhikr makes you Kufr. Does my mispronunciation make me a kufr?